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About The Butts County progress. (Jackson, Ga.) 18??-1915 | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1915)
ASPIRE! ATTEMPT! ACHIEVE! BY ELAM FRANKLIN DEMPSEY, B. D. Professor of Theology in Emory College. Let me tell you what I believe to be the three magic steps to a true success. First, aspire! Aspiration is a voice from the heaven of the in finite. It is always in the line with the highest and noblest thoughts within us. It is an im pulse, a desire to be in character and conduct, in circumstance and career, what God would have us be. God wants us, in all these particulars, to be the very high est that is possible to us. Aspiration is, then, the first step upward toward a true suc cess. Do not be ashamed of your noble, even daring, dreams of what you would like to be and do. You are an immortal soul, made in the image of God, and God's best is not too good for you. But yesterday the men and women who are doing the great things and revealing the splendid char acters of today, were the boys and girls, even as you are this morning. Be bold to aspire af ter the very best that is possible to you! Second, attempt! A mere aspiration is worth very little. We must not only dream but we must do. We must seek to build a firm foundation under our castle in the air. Some one has said: “It is doubtless a fine thing to build a cathedral; but is better to actually make a good pair of boots than merely to dream of building a cathedral." “Dream a dream of daytime. Dream it well and do it! Let not come the grey-time, Nor live thy life and rue it!” At this point we begin to see the metal of men tried. It is comparatively easy to aspire, but steadfastly to attempt its reali zation, day by day, through sor row and joy, through hope and despair, through strength and weakness, through success and defeat —unfalteringly year after year—is by no means easy. Yet this is the price of every worthy success. Attempt, and keep on persist ing in the attempt and you may be sure you are drawing nearer and nearer to that after which you aspire. Third, achieve! Achievement is the child of as piration and attempt. Do not content yourself with merely aspiring and attempting; press on until you, by means of these, have before you the full orbed achievement. Many there are who go far along the road to success, who almost attain, and then, alas, settle down content with half a loaf when they star ted out to get the whole loaf. They allow “the better to become the enemy of the best” They fall into the sad error of saying: “Well, that isn't quite what I aimed at, but it will do.” No, a thousand times, no! Nothing will “do” except the absolute best after which we aspire in our holiest moments. Be ashamed to be court-jester when Almighty God called you to be prime min ister! Gird your soul afresh to its most heroic efforts and achieve what you have dreamed. Not till then will you know—can you know—the secret the approval of your own conscience or hear the Voice saying “Well done!” We have not done well until we have done our best Until we GIVE “SYRUP OF FIGS” TO CONSTIPATED CHILD Delicious “Fruit Laxative” Can’t Harm Tender Lit tle Stomach, Liver and Bowels. Look at the tongue, mother! If coated, your little one’s stomach, liver and bowels need cleansing at once. When peevish, cross, listless, doesn’t sleep, eat or act naturally, or is feverish, stomach sour, breath bad; has sore throat, diarrhoea, full of cold, give a tea spoonful of “California Syrup of Figs," and in a few hours all the foul, constipated waste, undiges ted food and sour bile gently moves out of its little bowels without griping, and you have a well, playfulchild again. Askyour druggist for a 50-cent bottle of “California Syrup of Figs, "which contains full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups. adv have grandly achieved in fair t completeness what we dreamed, the duty is yet upon us to at tempt, and still to attempt. Even should we die in the attempt we are not defeated, for our immor tal souls are victors. Aspire! Attempt! Achieve! These three lead on with sov ereign step to true success, Oxford, Ga. Beautiful Recipe Book For Every Woman. We have been asked by the Calumet Baking Powder Company of Chicago to announce through the columns of our publication that they have just got ten up one of the best Itecipe Books ever published, 16 pages of which are beautifully illustrated, shown in col ors a lot of dainty dishes and good things to eat that can be prepared with Calumet Baking Powder. In addition to this there are 262 valu able recipes and numerous household hints prepared by the most noted Do mestic Science Teachers and Cooking Experts. We know you will find this a very valuable book, as you will have use for it almost every day. All you have to do to get one is to take the slip that you find in a pound can of Calumet Baking Powder, fill in your name and address according to the instructions on the slip and mail it to the Calumet Baking Powder Company, Chicago, 111. If you are not already using Calumet Baking Powder we would suggest that you try it today. You will find it wholesome and economical to use. You will find it a baking powder of unusual merit and the recipe book one of the most beautiful and useful books of this kind that you have ever possessed. Cotton went up as soon as con gress adjourned. Is there a rea son? It seems the country is suffering from too much congress and too many probings. To the Citizens of Jackson and Vicinity. For fully thirty-five (36) years the L. A M. Semi-Mixed Real Paints have been extensively used throughout the United States and also in South Amer ica. They have therefore been subject ed to the tests of every sort of climatic conditions —most successf ull y—thereby proving their extreme durability and superior value. See our advertisement on other page, telling property owners how to make their own paint, and thereby save sixty cents on every gallon used. LONGMAN A MARTINEZ, Paint Makers, New York. adv-8-12-121 SUNDAY SCHOOLS TO MEET APRIL 9 President McMichael Has Issued Call MEET JACKSON CHURCH Good Program Being Plan ned For Annual Session —Full Attendance Stressed by The President The Butts County School Con vention will be held at the First Baptist church in Jackson on Fri day, April 9, at 9:30 a. m. All the schools of the county are requested to be represented at this convention and take part in the exercises, and assist in making it a Red Letter Day for the Sunday school work in Butts county. Mr. D. W. Sims, the state se cretary, will be on hand to make the day as profitable to Sunday scoool workers as he possibly can. We are trying to make our county a Banner County and in order to do this each Sunday school is required to send to the convention a written statistical report. You are also asked to send the amount your Sunday school pledged to the state con vention, so that it may be for warded to the state secretary be fore the state convention meets in April 20-21-22. Let all the schools uet busy now and comply with the above requests, so that we will be num bered among the Banner Coun ties at the state convention. J. Mattie McMichael, President. 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Am thankful for your good advice.” SPRING TONIC — Mra - nl - Mcrtoberta, Brown Valley, Minn.: WlßrllU I will V -Taken In spring Peruna tones up the Bystem, acts as a tonic. I consider Peruna a whole family medicine chest.” T How did they hear of Peruna? Simply because one neighbor is always willing to tell another one he has found a cure. Neighborly conversa tion of grateful patients has done more for Peruna than advertising. Much more. The “ Ills of Life,” sent free. The Peruna Go., Columbus, Ohio. PROGRAM OF SUNDAY SCHOOL MISSIONARY DAY Song service—9:3o to 9:45. Opening song—“ From Green land’s Icy Mountain.” Devotional—Superintendent. Song, Philathea and Baraca “Nobody Told Me of Jesus.” Reading—Marjorie Hodges. Home Missions—Dr. VanDe venter. Costume song-Eight little boys and girls. Reading—Miss Ruth Willis. Quartette —Mrs. Lamar Ether idge, Miss Helen Carmichael, Dr. Heard and Mr. W. 0. Ham, Miss Ezra Morrison pianist. Foreign Missions-Miss Hardin, assisted by young ladies of the Philathea class. Song—“ Onward Christian Sol dier.” Solo—Mary Frances O’Kelly. Collection by ushers. Reporet of collection by secre tary. Song, school —“Reapers Are Needed.” Dismissal —Pastor. All teachers and ushers are es pecially requested to be present at 9:15. MONEY TO LOAN ON FARM LANDS Brown & Brown McDonough, ga. Let Joe Edwards frame vour pictures. We handle all kinds of farm supplies. The Depot Store. Get right in and help the clean up movement along.
